The EC social charter, social democracy and post‐1992 Europe

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8041589
AutoresChristopher Lingle (0000-0003-1676-2344, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, autor de correspondencia)
Año1991
Volumen14
Número1
Páginas129-138
Fecha de publicación1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402389108424836
OpenAlexW2058849938
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas12

The proposal by the EC Council of Ministers to establish a 'Social Charter' has the intention of harmonising various aspects of working conditions in the member states. However, the Social Charter, and the philosophy underlying it, can be criticised on several grounds for its restrictive implications and undesirable economic, legal and political effects. It also leans towards favouring a social democratic ideology and particular organised interests at the expense of general public ones. Attention should be given to securing effective decentralisation in the EC to counteract the dangers implicit in bureaucratisation and social regulation

Charter · Decentralization · Democracy · Ideology · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social democracy · Sociology · European Monetary and Fiscal Policies · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies